Attachment for electric-iron cords



A. W. HARRISON ET AL ATTACHMENT FOR ELECTRIC IRON CORDS Filed Aug. 20. 1921 ATTORNEY.

Patented Dec. 25, 1923..

v I '0 all whom it may concern:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANNA W. HARRISON AND SIMON H. HARRISON, OF SOUTH BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA.

ATTACHMENT FOR ELECTRIC-IRON OORDS.

Application filed August 20, 1921. Serial No. 493,903.

Be it known that we, ANNA W. HARRISON and SIMON H. HARRISON, citizens of the United States, residing at South Berkeley, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Electric Iron Cords, of which the, following is a specification.

This invention relates to an attachment for an'electric iron line or .cord and has for its primary object to provide means for readily holding the cord from engagement with an ironing board or surface upon which the iron is resting. I

Another object of this invention is to pro vide a device of the character described which can be quickly applied to the line, that is, both extremities of the device can be secured on the line and thus accomplish the desired result, or on the other hand, one extremity ofthe device can be applied to theline while the opposite extremity can be secured to a stationary support.

.A further object of this invention is to provide a device of the character described which is simple in construction, economical to manufacture, highly serviceable in use, and so constructed to support the line, that it in no way interferes with the freedom of movement of the iron as it is moved over an ironing surface.

Great annoyance has been experienced heretofore by the housewife in the use of electric irons because of the tendency of the cord that connects the iron to the socket of becoming entangled inthe iron as it passes. over an ironing surface. To overcome this inconvenience we have devised the attachment to be hereinafterspecifically described, the further objects of which will be apparcut as the description proceeds.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and in which likenumerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same,

Fig. 1 -is a perspective view of our invention with both extremities thereof being shown attached to the iron cord, and

Fig. 2 is a similar view of the device being attached at one extremity to the cord, and with the other extremity being secured tothe stationary support.

In the accompanying drawin wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of our invention, the

reference character A desi ates an electric iron, B indicates a soc et of the con- 7 expansible and contractible helical spring.

To one extremity 6 of the spring we propose to secure a hook element 7, which, as shown to advantage in F igures l and 2, can readily be applied to the cord C or can be made to straddle or embrace the socket B as occasion may demand.

On the other extremity of the spring, as

indicated by the numeral 7 we propose .to secure a pair of arms 9 and 10 which terminate in outwardly extending gripping fingers 11 and 12, respectively. Adapted to surround the arms 9 and 10 is a sleeve 13, which is slidably mounted on the arms and serves to contract the same to thus have the fingers act as a positive gripping means, whereby a portion of the cord can be positively held from engagement with the ironin surface.

t will be obvious that the inherent nature of the spring will allow the same to expand when the iron is moved over the ironing surface and thus will in no Way interfere with the freedom of movement of the iron. Furthermore, it will be apparent that'the spring will resume its normal contracted position after the iron hasceased to be moved over the surface.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing it will be evident that we have devised an attachment which can be quickly applied to an iron cord with but aminimum amount of effort on the part of the operator, and an'attachment which will positively prevent the cord from engaging the ironing surface and \thus interfere with the freedom of movement of the iron thereon. v

It is to be understood that the form of our invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same, and that various changes in the shape, size and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claim.

Having thus described our invention, we claim:

In a device of the character described a I cal spring, said arms having flared ends,

helical spring, a hook secured to one end of arms are forced toward each other so as to said spring and adapted to surround a Wall grasp an electric cable.

insulator a pair of outwardly extending In testimony whereof we afiix our signaarms secured to the opposite end of said helitures.

anda sleeve adapted to surround said arms ANNA W. HARRISON. and slide thereon whereby the ends of said SIMON'H. HARRISON. 

